Dr. Nolan began her full-time faculty position at Immaculata University in August 2002 at full professor status and received tenure in 2006. She has been in the higher education profession full-time since 1979, educating pre-service special and regular education pre-service teachers at the undergraduate/graduate levels and holding various administrative roles as department chair and program director at Fontbonne College, St. Louis, MO; Misericordia University, Dallas, PA; and Immaculata University. She also serves as a dissertation chair for many doctoral candidates and is an academic advisor for master’s-level students at Immaculata.